Thyroid Storm Provoked by Interleukin-2 Therapy for Metastatic Melanoma
With the growing use of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease, severe autoimmune thyroid dysfunction may be provoked at an increasing rate. We herein report a 49-year-old male patient experiencing a life- threatening thyroid storm provoked by interleukin-2 (IL-2). This was...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Cancer Research and Practice |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2311300616300283 |